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Rating: 7.5 stars

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Criss Cross (1949)

Directed by Robert Siodmak

Film Noir | Crime | Drama

Most recently watched by AllAboutSteve

Overview

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

Rated NR | Length 88 minutes

Actors

Burt Lancaster | Yvonne De Carlo | Dan Duryea | Stephen McNally | Esy Morales | Tom Pedi | Percy Helton | Alan Napier | Griff Barnett | Meg Randall | Richard Long | Joan Miller | Edna Holland | John Doucette | Marc Krah | James O'Rear | John 'Skins' Miller | Tony Curtis | Gene Evans | Beatrice Roberts | Jean Bane | Ralph Brooks | Dolores Castle | Michael Cisney | Corky | Sam Finn | Lee Tung Foo | Timmy Hawkins | Geraldine Jordan | George Lynn | Robert Osterloh | Garry Owen | Kenneth Patterson | Jose Portugal | Isabel Randolph | Vincent Renno | Suzanne Ridgeway | Stephen Roberts | John Roy | Vito Scotti | Ann Staunton | Diane Stewart | Charles Wagenheim | Robert Winkler | Bud Wolfe

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

After a two-week hiatus due to Spring Break, it was nice to be back at the VAC at CU-Boulder to see more noir. Since Ewan had late practice for his musical he couldn’t go, so it was just Gavin and I.

Criss Cross is a prototypical noir with the dead on dialogue and bad endings for all. DeCarlo and Lancaster had great chemistry and some of the best scenes are when they square off against one another. Duryea, a great character actor, also does an excellent job. I think this might be one of my favorite roles I’ve seen him in.

About half way through, the film started stuttering and skipping. They had to stop the movie briefly, rewind the film and re-spool it. It was actually a nice reminder that we were watching an actual film print. The print was in great shape as well, with barely any scratches, great contrast and excellent sound.

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